Zghal’s oil paintings, watercolors, and etchings borrow patterns
from nature—the rings in trees and nubbles in bark, the dapple
of sun through leaves, water shirred by wind. Her palette
is almost rainbow-bright, and the piquant color organizes
the small, all-over abstractions into networks of nervous
lines that flirt with—but don’t quite coalesce into—figures.
The suggestion of organic materials and bodies intensifies
Zghal’s unabashed lyricism, and viewers are asked to check
their suspicions about beauty at the door. Through Jan. 17.
(M.Y. Art Prospects, 547 W. 27th St. 212-268-7132.)